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Remember ‘Failing Grayling’? The former Transport Secretary will go down as one of the most unpopular cabinet ministers of all time. Among other things, he took the blame for bungled timetable changes which led to cancelled trains and general chaos on rail services across much of the country. After three …

A Derby Brexit Party councillor has welcomed the flying of the Union flag on the Council House on January 31, the day earmarked for Britain to leave the EU. Councillor Alan Graves claims he had personally asked for the flag to be flown because “it marks independence for Britain” and …

CWU union members at a gate meeting in north London during the last strike ballot (Pic: Guy Smallman) The fight for the future of Royal Mail is heating up again after a union leader announced plans for another national strike ballot. CWU union members could hold a second ballot for …

A £1 million travellers’ site close to homes in one of Wolverhampton’s most deprived areas was already a ‘done deal’ before councillors formally approved it, claim “disgusted” residents living nearby. The temporary encampment, located on a former quarry between Dunstall Hill Trading Estate and Gorsebrook Road, had already been decided …

Labour leadership hopefuls and their supporters are wooing union executive members as they seek to make the final ballot which will decide who will lead the party. Representatives of the five remaining candidates – Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry and Jess Phillips – have approached general …

CWU union members from the North West stand in solidarity with unofficial walkouts in Bootle last year (Pic: CWU NW Region) Royal Mail workers in Merseyside were set to strike for two days from Saturday of this week against a major attack on their CWU union. Their fight is hugely …

A new Midlands MP has invited Meghan Markle to his constituency after TV’s Piers Morgan said ‘she doesn’t want to get her hands dirty opening a community hall on a wet Wednesday.’ Jonathan Gullis, MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke said the Duchess of Sussex is more than welcome …

Solidarity during the walkout last year (Pic: CWU North West Region) Postal Workers at the Bootle Delivery Office, Merseyside, are set to strike on the 18 and 20 January. The workers are angry that their CWU union rep has been charged with a breach of the Royal Mail’s conduct code. …

News has emerged today that forgotten front line Brexit soldier; the man who virtually single-handedly secured Britain’s exit from The EU, Mark Francois, spent a lonely New Year’s Eve at home with a tin of Spam and a bottle of light ale evoking the spirit of the blitz, whilst all …

Part-time commuters will be able to buy flexible season tickets under a trial aimed at modernising rail fares to make them reflect 21st century working patterns. Passengers who do not travel on trains every day of the week will be able to buy season tickets covering only part of the …